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Key Figures — Judges 10

4 figures

Tola
Judge of Israel
Tola, a man of Issachar, judged Israel for twenty-three years. He arose to save Israel and lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
Related passages
- Judges 2:16 (God raises judges to save Israel)
- 1 Chronicles 7:1 (Tola as a descendant of Issachar)
Jair
Judge of Israel
Jair, a Gileadite, judged Israel for twenty-two years. He had thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys, and they had thirty towns in Gilead, known as Havvoth Jair.
Related passages
- Numbers 32:41 (Jair's conquest of villages in Gilead)
- Deuteronomy 3:14 (Havvoth Jair)
The Israelites
The people of God who repeatedly fall into idolatry
The Israelites again did evil in the sight of the Lord, serving the Baals and Ashtaroth, and forsaking the Lord. This led to their oppression by the Philistines and Ammonites.
Related passages
- Judges 2:11-13 (Israel's cycle of sin and idolatry)
- 1 Samuel 7:3-4 (Call to return to the Lord and forsake idols)
The Ammonites
Oppressors of Israel
The Ammonites oppressed the Israelites for eighteen years, particularly those in Gilead, and crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim.
Related passages
- Judges 3:13 (Previous oppression by the Ammonites)
- Deuteronomy 2:19 (Ammonites as descendants of Lot)

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